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First, we must understand what yoga means in daily life. First of all, you should know the author of yoga is Lord Śiva. So Lord Śiva holds the copyright. If you want to write some new book, you have to deal with Lord Śiva to get permission. Yoga is and has been the main part of Indian philosophy, spirituality, and the thoughts of Indians. It is not easy for people to understand what yoga is, though we know the literal meaning of yoga is union, balance, and harmony. Yoga is that balancing principle which balances the entire universe and its invisible elements; it is a harmonizing principle that means bringing about oneness and unity. There are many different techniques, ways, thoughts, and schools, so it is very hard for people to understand what yoga is. A human cannot exist without yoga. When humans are searching for answers to their questions, or when they have very creative, concrete thoughts, then it means it is yoga. To establish a happy family, to achieve something in life, to study, and so on—it means yoga. Because you wish to realize a happy family, you wish to realize a healthy life. So everything that realization means is already yoga. Humans possess a great talent called intellect. But this intellect needs education, and here education means yoga. The second part of yoga, which we try to practice, is the basic part: good eating and health, and that is all. This is what you call in the German language kindergarten. But when you grow, you will come to primary school, then to middle school, then to high school, then to college, and then to the university. And after university, your sādhanā will begin. So, can you imagine how far you are from finishing university? Hence, you are still in kindergarten. Now, it depends on your concentration and motivation how you will achieve all these levels. So after passing the university, then you will be able to think it over and begin with the research work. That means asking, "Who am I?" Before that, all you have to learn is to follow the principles, the yogic principles, and the high principles like Ahiṃsā. This is called the noble way of living. The noble way of living is with non-violence, spirituality, understanding, forgiveness, and love, and constantly thinking about the cause of this world, the cause of this creation. You may say the cause or purpose of this world, and the cause of your traveling around the universe is to find the final piece, which is unity. So after passing the university, you begin now to gaze within thyself and to guide other souls. To attain all this, we have a long walk, and we hope we will achieve our goal successfully. In the Bhagavad Gītā, God Kṛṣṇa is advising His disciple Arjuna to practice yoga. Kṛṣṇa tells him about yoga achievement, about what can be attained through yoga, about liberation. The topic begins here. Kṛṣṇa is now as God. Kṛṣṇa is one of the complete supreme Gods that has ever incarnated till now. Arjuna is a disciple or Bhakta. Now, what is interesting is that though Arjuna is with Kṛṣṇa, he does not know. And God also advised him to practice yoga. Why couldn’t Arjuna say, "Lord, I don’t need anything, I have you"? Mahāprabhujī asked Horī Gurujī, "What do you wish? I will give everything," and Gurujī said, "I got everything. I have no more desires." The intellect of Arjuna still could not accept and see Kṛṣṇa as God. It was not capable of seeing and accepting Kṛṣṇa as God. But when Arjuna will have this consciousness, that yes, Kṛṣṇa is God, then Arjuna has realized everything. Now, this is our condition. We know the ātmā, so Paramatmā. We know that our self, our real self, is that God. But still we do not trust. Still we are searching. Pořád hledáme. And for that, you have to go a long, long way. Arjuna knew Kṛṣṇa for a long time, but still he could not realize. And that is because our feelings, our knowledge, our experiences are on the surface only. That is our condition. It is so hard that we can perform one posture, and it is so hard that still we cannot come to the realization. So the whole world, and especially humans, cannot exist or cannot have social life, or they cannot be civilized without yoga. That is it. And therefore, yoga has been the major part of the life of all the spiritual incarnations on this globe. Now, yoga in daily life. So, in everyday life, 24 hours, you lead your life according to yoga. If you deny or break the law, then you have broken that chain. This morning, I told yoga teachers that when you listen to negative critique from others against someone, you lose more than the one who is telling you. It is like the one who is telling you has the gun in hand, and you are the victim. You are the target, so the negative words of that person—each word is like a bullet which destroys your spiritual person in you. And for that, many, many lives you will suffer. Janama janama dukpa yega—many, many lives you will have a very miserable life. That is why there are three symbols with three monkeys. And they say long in Mahābhārata, before Mahābhārata time, in Rāmāyaṇa also mentioned, which is more than 10,000 years: don’t speak bad, don’t hear bad, and don’t see the bad. Oh, monkey mind. Before you say some bad word, close your mouth. Do not pollute the world through that atom bomb which is in you. Each negative word that you speak against someone is like the explosion of an atom bomb. Also, many people, when they talk or they read holy books, they keep their hand like this. And there is some religion, they call Jaina religion, even they keep a cloth in front of their mouth when they speak, so some other creatures which are living in the air will not die. Because that is ahiṃsā. And if you speak something and destroy, that is ahiṃsā, violence. Do not hear bad things. Close your ears. And do not see bad things. Before that, better you close your eyes. It means self-protection. So yoga in daily life means not only this physical exercise. This is only a predominant part of yoga in daily life. But it is an entire way of life. At the same time, it is the whole way of life. It is a system which makes you from human to God. It is the path which makes you from nurse to Nārāyaṇa, from human to God. Are you aware of this? Do you wish this? Do not ignore it. Listen. Otherwise, you will be very, very sorry. Lost time. It is said, what is gone will not come back. The word which you speak will not come back. The bullet which went out of the gun will not return. And the time which is past will not come back. Therefore, Holī Gurujī said in Bhajan, "Bhai Tum Jaguri, O brothers, wake up. Tera avsar bita jai, your chance is going." You are missing your chance, which was very, very rare to get. It is very rare to get this chance, that is a human life. Do you understand what it means to be human? Do you know what are the human qualities which make us human? You must have the spiritual injections, the ethic education. The spiritual injection means the wise words of the saints that will make you the wise one, that will make you the holy one. So, to be a practitioner of yoga in daily life means that you are learning how to rescue the creatures. You are the savior of all seekers, all beings. But you will have no ability and energy because your inner self is destroyed, poisoned by negative society, by negative talking, by negative company. And nowadays it is easier to get into it. You have internet, you have emails, you have SMS, you have telephone, and it is very easy to get these bullets in your brain, so you are completely, how to say, ruined. You are completely destroyed. How can you expect that you will proceed? So, Yoga in Daily Life is trying to build up the human again and to protect the environment, love the creatures, understand all, respect all, bring peace and harmony. That is very important. But if you, as a yoga in daily life practitioners and teachers—ale pokud vy jako cvičenci a učitele yogī v vám hezky—but who is unfriendly to you and who is blaming you, and to use the kind words for them, that is a master work. It means we are here to help the needy one. And the needy one is not only who has no money or nothing to eat. People have enough. They need a kind word, a kind attention. They need your warmth. They need your understanding. They need you to give them freedom. You see every day in the media, in different parts of the world, people are suffering and they have hunger. Why? Who is the cause of this? We. The rich countries took all the sources from them, took everything away, všechno jim sebrali, and even now it is happening, and they help them very little, and that is it. You steal something from someone in the house, and then you film them and say how poor they are. That is how it is. Because of that, we did not sow this. So yoga in daily life, practicing and being active in this, and to teach further, is to bring the light of Mahāprabhujī. In the bhajans of Mahāprabhujī and Gurujī, the bhajans of Mahāprabhujī and Gurujī are treasures inside. Such an enormous treasure that it does not end. We are very, very rich.